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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

We beg our fellow-citizens this happy
Christmast morn not to throw any icono-
elastic cold water on the. accepted belief
10 Santa Claus.
Santa is a great institution, and must
and shall be respected What would
happy childhood be without him Only
a barren waste with few smiles and
games between the dull wastes Of school
books and tasks Of various kinds.
Let Santa Claus receive the homage
Of all youthful hearts, of all ages and
sexes, and may the Christian man be al
ways and forever gladdened with the
Jingle Ct the bells Of his reindeer team.
The only thing is we haven't 60, the
snow.
Hang Old Prob (up in the stocking
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25
RELIGIOUS GLGANlNGS.

Rev Hugh O. Pentecost, who resigned hi:
rastorate 40 Newark, y. j., announces that
BE VIII organize an independent church.
The Lutheran church in the Unitcd states
has made a decided advance in the last
twenty years, and now ranks IN membership
churches and ministers fourth among ihs
Protestant denominations.
The churches n the Presbyterian synod Oh
Illinois have reached high water marx in
contributions - foreign missions, the SUI
being $3.50, or 10 the rate Of $40 pel
member Ten years ago the amount Wa.
oaly equal % icrty-lyc cents leg ne-s--.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

The forthcoming Tepor. OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture for December shows
a noticeable increase over last year
in the prices Of corn, wheat. oats,
buckwheat, potatoes, hay, and cotton
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

Among the Christmas greetings is must
be gratifying to She Maboneites 70 feel
that they are left out in The cold with a
chance Of getting colder and colder every
year until frozen 10 death.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

The Tribune says ilal the Atlanta Coa-
s,itut,on declines TO discuss issues and
talks about the weather 1. really looks
as If Republicans left out in the cold
ought not to deny the suggestion on
which the constitution acts.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

1t is believed that such has been the
change in Republican treatment OF Mr..
Riddleberger he would scarcely be
astonished were a Republican Senator,
blacking-brush in hand, to politely APP
proach him with, win YOU have a shine,
my dear Senator Riddleberger ,'-CoRrier
Journal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
WHAT Is FOUND BY WIDEA WAKE
LOTTERIES ~ the METROPOLIS.
An Age of Electricity-it Drives Presses
Runs Sewing Machines. Calls Servants,
and Makes Itself Generally Useful.

New YORK, Dec. 23.--l had scarcely
finished reading your interesting descrip.
ton OF the new electric motor with which
you are now prepared to run everything
in the TIMES office, from the press-room
to the sanctum, and from the business.
manager to the devil among the printers,
when, looking out of window on Park
Row, saw what appeared TO be an
ordinary street-car moving along by itself
as If il were drawn by pair Of horses
II bore upon It's side the inscription
" julien Electric Company and along
the top the words, Medal Of Honor
first prize, Antwerp, 1885, The move
vehicle attracted general attention, and a
crowd of hoodlums followed it as long a'
their legs could keep up with Us occasion
ally rapid pace. The car is one Of a mum
Der that have been introduced on the
Jamaica, Long Island, II. r., and the sys-
tenn as far as operated has given unquali-
fied satisfaction. The only living atlache
is q brakeman, and a slight movement OF
his arm starts and stops or drives ahead
the machine at any desired speed consis.
tent with the safety OF the passengers.
Next year it is probable that these cars
will be i'm operation ON some of our city
roads and then, goodbye TO the poor
Over-WOrked horses.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

The weekly number of our serial story,
"Countess Narona," is omitted to-day 10
give room for the extra Christmas
stories.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

Blu. il is about time 10 switch of, "
for the clrrenthas got into my finger tips.
If il had not been Tor that Baxter motor
of yours, / should not have thought Of
the subject, for it was my intention to
write something in this letter about New
Y ork journalism and sundry other mat
tiers Of cosby interest, which must now
be postponed until another occasion.
The best part Of discourse is frequently
the dox0logy. Let mine be the narration
Of pleasant little incident that is
youched for by one Of the yeIacious re-
porteTs OF the kening Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

dumb creatures reciprocate he, .c
and she has but little difficulty in "n ,"',ion
pet OF whatever she faDcies 1'A&'ng
ago "hen the streets We're cove,.I YEA
ifost, a little snow bird which ss VIII
very weak and hungry was No, ppeSrec
TINS lady sitting on a sprig NJ r '.s'.''n by
az az , he %inao" Going Tor some ~ NM, ,nis
OF bread, She raised the wind@e ''lmos
brushed the snow from fbe Sol,iy.
Hover pot, and sprinkled "a w Oh
Dird his breakfast there Tho ~, as hule
and the next day came aeai, " ,, aye
same result On the third a., ~. 'ne
sat at the window. After Win, iAly
hour or more for her to 60 away H. ,I ,i,. IN
creature yeniured down upon ,.e ~" . ill'ie
poi ana ale us breakfast Fye,y ave 1--WE
week after that. when Inc birf. uu'l ,of
MS breakfast, he found the ls4.' ''ue io'
window. 4 week more and No. d, 'ne
her hand. Before ihe wintc- , .'' ''o~
the bird would hop into fbo "a over
after flying around and sometime pay
ing on the shoulder " his henef,,,..'-
ne would go out again I'm The sro,' w
gay When spring was comm, ~. t'v
iauy tled fine si'kcn thread a,,,,4 p . '.'s
mule fellows right Deg. and s t.,. ''s
al'eI ne disappeared. taking hi. f.i.
noi'h"aId, perhap- with oo.oae
o'hef snow birds The lady Dad s,-,.
Forgotten Che strange aCQua.niarr. 'r,...
one OF tae cold days last week ..,,..-
her window she heard pecsIar nm 't..
glass She looked up and SAW a .,.'.
uiri Then remembering fhe if,l....'.'
PEI ID astNinier She opened the NIriou
iAe bird at once flew into one room .,.
perchcd upon the back of Der ch..- ....
there as bright as when i Was fr.f r.f
on, was thc iiille thread of col s-a...
his leg
I'm The ancient days Of thc Rseoie
when the good people of Richmond ,..
tied Manhatten island. they aN Went h..
lhe New York hotel kept ly '2a,- o,i
Hiram Crauston,' or the 81 Nir6o'..
now no longer eNtant Nowa.l,,.
however, we have $40 many hotel. .,i
excellent ones, TOO. Cha. the patrors....
much divided This week lind m NJ.
Windsor from Your city. Me4v p
Thompson. ]. H. Doolcy. f. Cla,|sr
and >. W Pace. AT the Hoffman Moss.
T. y. Page, J.. M.lhiser and O. NHn...
Mossrs. g.. j. Chapman and F. Chanm,r
are at the ST. James Mes,n n.IW.
kerand q Swinef0rd pa'ronuefheA.,.,
Mr. A. G0ldback stops 40 tae Beh.Hr
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

In Tweniy-second street there is an
Electric Club II has been in existence
for more than two years, and has $50
members. The very glass in the hall
looks as though an electric current had
passed through it, for it is made uP Of
countless pieces Of rough glass with red
putty between them. ln the basement
your boots are polished by electricity
almost before you can warm your chair
Bells are SO arranged as 10 call any
domestic in the place, and the clocks,
the safe, the heat the water, and, in
short, everything but the elbows of the
barkeopcrs and billiard players seem to
be regulated by electricity
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25
yIRGINIAIIEMs
Gathered LON our SOC I,ehan.-..

""ther'd iio'" our state Exchange
us our civilization failure. aal Is tLe
caucasian piay,t,n oul 2 IT. "ona seen.
from 'he Dany'lle hsg'sier.
There was hHely light al Stuart o1
Wednesday night in which pocket
knives were used with more freedom
than prudence. According t0 the Ln
ntrs information, several persons we've
In one OF the stores listening i0 music.
which seems not Co have bad the u,la.
effect TO sooihe the hcligercnt breast
and John May, goo into % hgM Vitl
Aleck Shelton and h, SON. Green Mal
drew poke. knife and cut Green -at..
ton I'm several places. and also Ui ilf
old man slightly. he then ram anay
from The scene of ihc encounter ani ODE
two Sheltons folloWcl n such Dot pur
suit tha, MAYS to0k refuge i1 the aH
One of ile Skeletons cg' 90 him with
MAYS forehead Several persons cam
to the rescue. however. and parted he
antagonists before MAYS wa, mtehcpd
None aft the wounds are REGARDED as
dangerous. though 10 is said Chat Nn
owes his life 90 the timely interference
Of other persons
Under the heading LoOk Ort i0'
Him" the Fredericksburg Star says B
man who says his name is j A. Green.
and halls from Boston. and claims 90 be-
TEMPERANCE advocate. member
Of the Grand Army Of ihe k..
lured by working al ms trade, Fic'inltl
several OF our chafiiahiy-disposea ,,.'l'A.
day or Two ago VINO raised sulI.',D'
FUNDS 10 send MN 10 i'lohnloN'' "N'.'
he SAID ne "ah'eu iV tly ahH 1917
secure passage on d steamer l0' h',.'.
since me departure OH Green VIZ .''
learned from unQuesliQned aulAo.'l 'u''
ne Dr. "a His'-''"fs "eau oea'
Tto,os,oe.ee 40 Crlrener wa. nlt..
lac, T,..l,y NJ la,rn from OLD. Pied
mont tf-r.re that ou that moma. A..
.i.tgnt po.,masier g. ~ Kn,r u.- ...
nrisod as le entered iho office fa tnI
The door. omen and fhe door I'D flr iroa
safe laving out iuil. floor of ne o..
seems that during the might robbers Dr..
affected an entrance .n.0 tle pl.Io0.
and had blown upon fle safe. most r.''
ably with pOwdcr. and lad robbed D. o.
ns contents The amount 0f Does uf
~, r.t. % c.-,.. ....i, D,oan AID
Ill. ,.' 'o ~. ci,;tn " Cis-tecoua,.
I Ii5I'y ,ndJinly If narsiy.. nm srans,
,norning lasf an he residence of Nr
ick conn,v H. arose t,at morning .nl
while in tbe eot of reaching tor his Shoes
four hours and died.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

lie says that in one Of bis rsmblcs up
town be found lady who is extremely
fond a. pets, especially birds. The
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

" We are about to close The tsa.-
est year we ever passed through 10
the friends who stuck 20 us We
are very grateful Some ~ani--
10 back us with material aid. blt lAel
were not able. We are obliged Co lleA
also for their good wishes and mora. ''
port. '- Daauil Ima
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25


This imaginary retrospect Of the next
century edilo, may not be so wholly fan
cilul as il seems. In more than one resi-
denCe I wOt OF. the mistress Of the house
sits at the head of the table and presses
her foot upon button 10 call the waiting
maid or cook A touch upon another
knob causes the raised centre of the table
10 rcyolye and bring in front Of the guest
any desired dish Everything abont the
premises is run by electricity, and the
Young ladies talk with the Heighb0rs
through their own private wires Ia one
of the up town hotels am ingenious con-
triyance enables the management 10 dis
pense with most of the hall and call boys
A man in the eighth or tenth story by
touching certain keys may run the en-
tire gamut Of drinks from plain ice
water to the most elaborate connection of
which The scientific miX0lOgst of tipulars
down stair, In the grand uon, is capa-
be If he wants q fire or 70 towel, tclc-
or pin boy or theatre ticket-auything
in fact-it will come 20 him a. the touch
81 one OF the mysterious little buttons
that be scarcely has 90 get out Of bed 20
reach
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

Mr. John z. Carter. wei-kn0aa a-0
highly respected citizen Of Clarke count
died suddenly Of paralysis on 0a.li..i
morning last, 40 the residence oi hf
Jones llardesty, near Stephenson. fnlc'-
lex county lie arose that morning .l-
while in The act of reaching for ms saoe'
fell upon the floor lie fingered a-o-.
four hours and died.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25
PAGE MCCARTHY. EDITOR.

City Delivery by carriers AZ 10 cents per week.
BY mail postage paid. daiiy one year. <3'p sia
months. sl.,j: three months, IL.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25
abf Bailp aintfs.

Published at Richmond. Virginia, by the TINES
Publishing Company.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

The Richmond TINES is nos prn.e.
by electricity. This paper by the way, p
making wonderful progress towards W..
front line Of journalism. -An'''f ''.
EJd.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

The purposes of those managing the
campaign against Mr.. Lamarar develop
ing very rapidly. II any previous doubt
existed that the whole object Of delay
was in the hope of working up public sem
timent against his confirmation, the oc-
currences Of the last few days axe quite
sufficient to dispel IT, A concerted effort
has been inauguraied 10 stir up sectional
feeling all over the North and have a
mass Of resolutions and protests ready to
shower upon the Senate as soon as IL re-
assemblies The Senators who have
chosen TO enter the crusade against Mr
Lamar know very we'll they can acc0mp-
lish nothing beyond delay unless they
can solidify the party s.rength.-foor
D1ndnce LGNl0re SIN.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

Under the caption Chatham Nap'A',.
the Piusy.vania Iri54He reports ihr i'''
riage of Isaac Saith and Lucy Noli'i-.
which is spoken Of ~ o marriage 'iA o.
highest cologed circles
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

4 willow basket factory is che .'..''
thing al Amherst Courthouse
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

Entered at the Richmond tva) Postofiice
as second class matter.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

Yes, even our walls are adorned with
photographs in colors and illuminated by
electricity. Our forefathers would prob
ably be also surprised at our public con.
veniences for smokers-the great fifty
ton pipes in every ward filled with the
choicest tobacco, and connected with the
dining-rooms and libraries of the neigh.
borhood, SO that by means of elastic
tubes smokers may puff without disc0m
tort. They would find our houses fur
nished in the same manner, with tactical
tubes through which we draw our supply
OF milk from the fountain head, and the
COWS being MIXED hundreds az a time by
the recently devised electric pump. Our
music halls and iyceums woull aslonish
them by their capacity, and the facility
with the music of the Orchestras and
words of the speakers are conveyed tO
great distances through the electric
media TO run over 20 London on Paris
as We row do..in half day, do our shop
ping in any European capital, make an
afternoon call In San Francisco or the
Sandwich Islands, and enjoy our summer
evenings in the Rocky Mouutains-all
these and thousand more similar adyan-
tages-our slow going ioreiathers could
not possibly have conceived Iel such
things were 10 be, aud who can tell what
new wonders await us during the next
century
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

have before me a quaint newspaper
purporiing to be published in New York
in the wear 1888. The editor from his
century point of view glances backward
TO our own time. and incidentally refers
to the wonderful period upon which We
are evidently entering lie says "Littl,
did our great grand sires believe that
Trinity church was TO become store
house for -four and cotton, that the once
famous Park bank would be used as a
depository for street cement. that The old
City Hall would be occupied by mann
moth newspaper establishments; that
Backweirs island would be our pleasure
ground that our water would Dee con-
viewed from Lake Ontario through pipes
made coal refuse, that our streets
would be Illuminated with electrical bust
ness signs. that our dwellings would DE
twenty stories in height and covered
with railroads. and that our laundries
and kitchens would be situated in attics
instead of Easements as formerly. Yet
10 IS even So Each house Is now supplied
with an electric telegraph for family use.
With electricity ice is formed at "a mo-
menls notice, the air is heated. our food
is cooked and we awake, dress. 90 to
sleep q. night and are aroused aud unwil-
lingiy stood upon our feet the next morn
ing, al by the same gentle influence.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

gE- The TIMES viii be mailed 20 your ad-
dress while out of the city al JJc. per month.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-25

The WEEKLY TINES. by mail. postage paid
one year, 81: six months. ~ cents; three
months. % cents.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
nospIrALIrY REWARDEp.


Canada has been very neighborly in
giving hospitable shelter to numbsr
Of highly respectable bank presidents,
pious Sunday-schoo l-teaching cashiers,
aud some public spirited Aldermen,
who had ceased TO be able to and uu-
disulbsa Tepose, or even a quiet fire-
side, within the boundaries OF the
United States. That these untortu-
mates we're grateful for the hospitality
10 kindly extended to them was natu-
raj, and how could they better show
their sense OF that kindness than by
teaching their hospiiable friends how
% become rapidly rich. instructing
them in the processes by which they
themselves had made the fortunes with
which they ara now making an agree
able sol burn in kindly Canada. Mon
treal, very agreeable city, is "a
favorlto spot with Amerlc ans
who have found their native
land go unco lgenisl, and there
we see the Act result OF the gratitude
of the new accession to Montreal 80.
ciety. Some of the papers OF that city
say the effect OF this grateful return is
quite s,nsa tionsl, ard has shown itse I
| Ia four did r mt directions, bat prin-
Cipall ', as might very na'urally ba ex-
pec ed, among the Aldermen Of the
good city OF Montreal. Among these
| Alderm IN the Royal Il 60 licOompany
has paid $40 900 In brides secure
the contract ( Jr lighting the pIinc'pal
streets by electricity. The other brides
alleged to have been taken range from
| $1,000 to $4,000. An investigation will
probably be made sfter the municipal
elections, aud startling Developments
may DO looked for. b state these
Montreal ne wsp lpers, and it is almost
touching 10 read how tho instructions
nt tho grateful elem emit added to the
Canadian populAti ID has built up for
tunes In Montreal, as that sem ele-
mert had previously built them up in
New York, fJr We fad
thoss journals adding; "oOe
thing Ia Q ntain-two OF the suspec ed
p rites on ed the Council few years
ago poor m m and are now clmpara
lively wsa thy." To q beneh,ent
mind il iss,d 20 rtfl ct that treaty
is oo the eve of confirmation th the
mSlevoleut int ation Of entire y clio g
ing Canada 90 a residence t. Amerl'
ius who so strlkingiy and successful y
show how grateful they can be IL
kindly hospitality.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
AMERICAN COTTON Oil TRUsI

PHILADELPHIA, PA. Mach 1.-Ths
Press ION borrow will say: The for
nation OF the opposition company tC
the American Cottln OIL Trust is on,
of the boldest movts OF its kind the
has been known for org time. Tn
corporation will bs orgabiz4d in thi
oi this wees, prob bly, tIdsy or to
morrow. lis president will be Henri.
@. Butcher, OF Wa hington Bntcheri
So 8, and its capital 81 ock will b
$lO,OO0,000. Besides Mr.. Butcher au'
his Philadelphia associates, the com
parry will consist OF Philip d Armour
of Chicago; Mr.. ArmouI's junior part
ner, Messrs. Webster d Uudhay,
Kaneas City, and Oliver Brothers, Q
Charlotte, N. O. The promoters 9
the enterprise Indignantly deny tina
it is q ock jobbing movement, an'
assert that the stock has already beei
subscribed, and is being eagerly sough
after. One man, who wanted $3.50, 0OC
was only able to get $l50,0O0. Th
most advantage which the new COZ
coration expects to gain is in 70
cheapness with VII CD cotton oil ca1
be produced with new machinery. !
is estimated that they can get ylel
Of oil Of from So to IA per ton OF see
more than the mills now in operatio
are producing.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
The Rehn biIitation of Papacy.

BERLIN, March 1.-The feature OF
the past week that is frsukht with
most significarcs to the Statesmen OF
Eur pc is the complete rehabilitation
of the Papacy as an active factor in
continental politics. When Bismarck
suggested Pope Leo as an umpire in
the colonial dispute between Germany
and Spain, new light broke in on
those who had hitherto regarde the
man OF iron rs the chief anti Vati
canist Of Europe. AS is now recall, d
Spain gladly accepted the mediator,
and it is no disr sSpect to His II illness
to say that he was fully 9s much 1T
home with thu question of atecraft
submitted ss he would have
been in wrestling with
metaphysical problem from
st. Thomas Aquinas. Il is known
that the Jacobini letter in the recent
German election was written with t1e
knowledge of the Pope. 1t is ais
known that such an extreme step wss
not taken until the E nperor's prayer
iul supplication hal been put on
parchment, with en- imperial promise
attached. The succe OF the interior
ence in this instancs has emboldened
these who are pushing the pspacy
forward in Europe 10 suggest that the
great Franco German difficulty be
submitted to Rome for arbitra'
ton. In point of fact, no material
point OF cont oveTsy exists. France
itches for Alsace-L laraine, but can.
not openly avow her desires in this
particular. Germany disikes to see
its rival getting the army into such
excellent trim and depressing the fiery
spirits of the untamed Patisians; but
Germany cannot go to war upon a
sentiment. Yet both nations feal as
IL the present tension must end within
short time. And iipssce w.tn honor
be secured by the mediation Of the
Papacy, a Hildtbrsnd, with mind
above mere tcepter subduing and a
heart in which land hunger docs not
exist, will sway the destinies of Gath
oicism unit Leo des.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

Cardinal Gibbons UphOlda the
knights OF labor BeiOra the Vail

OhruLnhl @IDObuH GpbBhuA
knights Of LnHOr BeiOra the Vail
eau.
ROME, Msrch 1.-The correspondent
Ct the Associated Press ia authorized to
stare that A merican bishops tase a
favorable view of the organization
kuowo in the United States as the
Knights of Labor. Cardinal Gibbons
has placed before the Vatican formal
statement es to the nature of The or
ganiza ion and the attitude the church
should adopt toward IT, The Cardinal
says in this he considers any con-
demustion Of the Heights TO be
OF only useless, but highly inoppor-
tune and might ALLEVIATE the sympathy
of The American laborir G classes from
the church and hamper the mission oil
the church to the labOriDg poor. 10
addition to the above positions rec m
mended by the statement OF Cardinal
G bbops, he prima treats the alarm.
ist theories respecting the KNIGHTS oil
Labor as puerlle, and says: Nearly
one.thrd OF the men belonging to the
organization are Roman Catholics r..
speeding the charge that the associa ion
is q secret order, the Cardinal says il
is not secret society in the sense
condemned blythe church, and Is con.
sequently exempt from canonical cen
sure. 10 Canada the case is different
Cardinal Gibbons further saws he con.
siders the organization of knights Of
Labor in the United States not only
harmless, but possibly to be bsntficia
in assisting in the eventual settlement
OF the great question Of the proper 10
lltons betw cen labor and capital.